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Robert J. (Robert Joseph) Casey
1890–1962
A globe-trotting reporter and war correspondent, he brought the energy of front-line experience to everything he wrote. His work blends hard-earned realism, humor, and a storyteller’s eye for unforgettable places and people.
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Give the man room : The story of Gutzon Borglum
by Robert J. (Robert Joseph) Casey, Mary Montgomery Borglum
About the author
Robert J. Casey was an American journalist, columnist, and author born in Beresford, South Dakota, on March 14, 1890. He studied at St. Mary's College in Kansas, then went on to become a widely known Chicago-based newspaper writer.
His life gave him no shortage of material. Casey served in World War I as an artilleryman at Verdun and Meuse-Argonne, earning citations for bravery before leaving the Army as a captain. In 1920 he joined the Chicago Daily News, where he worked for many years as a columnist and foreign correspondent, covering major events and traveling extensively.
Alongside his journalism, he wrote books that drew on war, travel, history, and everyday human oddity. Sources from the Newberry Library describe him not only as a reporter but also as a humor columnist, novelist, and nonfiction writer, which helps explain the range and color of his work. He died in 1962, leaving behind a body of writing shaped by curiosity, movement, and first-hand experience.